Mount Vernon house fire: 2 victims escaped, returned to blaze to save parents

3:48 PM,
Oct. 29, 2013

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A son and daughter who escaped an early-morning fire at their Mount Vernon apartment were killed when they attempted to rescue their parents.

All four ultimately perished.

The family, identified by officials as Jesus Ureņa, 21, and his sister, Mariselis, 18, were trying to rescue their father, Alcedo, and their mother, Nancy, 39, after they were reportedly trapped in their burning basement apartment by a locked door. A son Raymundo, 17, was injured and being treated at a hospital.
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